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Air Quality Alert Today

The Pennsylvania department of environmental protection has issued a code Orange air quality alert today for the Lehigh Valley, including the Slate Belt and Northampton County. A code Orange air quality alert means that air pollution concentrations within the region may become unhealthy for sensitive groups. Sensitive groups include children... people suffering from asthma... heart disease or other lung diseases... and the elderly. The effects of air pollution can be minimized by avoiding strenuous activity or exercise outdoors. For more information on ground-level ozone and fine particles... visit www.Airnow.Gov.

A variety of screenings were available Saturday at the St. Luke's Wind Gap Medical Center Community Open House.Sbtt Photo Larry Cory

Motorcyclists proceed north on Broadway Satuday in the Motorcycle Run to Stop Abuse. Sbtt Photo Larry Cory

Farmer finds rare meteor possibly a billion years old

Farmer Bruce Lilienthal and his family discovered that an odd rock they found in their fields was a meteor and possibly more than a billion years old. Every spring, before planting, the Lilienthal family searches for rocks in their fields to avoid damage to their farming equipment. Bruce made the yearly chore more interesting by starting a collection and placing the more unusual rocks in a separate pile. One particular rock stood out because of its large flat shape. Farmer Bruce said, “It was just partly sticking out of the ground and I picked it up and noticed at first it was a lot heavier than what it looked.” The Lilienthals said that they had hunches that their 33 pound find was a meteorite and showed it to their friends and family over the years. Eventually they decided to consult experts. Professor Calvin Alexander from the University of Minnesota drove out to the Lilienthal’s farm, took samples and verified that the “rock” was in fact a meteorite. Nelva Lilienthal said, “We also learned that there was one found about three miles that way 120 years ago and there was also a smaller piece found about three miles that way.” Experts at the University of Minnesota believe that the meteor is over a billion years old and hope to study the rare piece of natural history.

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